How to Sound Good on Electric Guitar (for acoustic players)

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How to Sound Good on Electric Guitar (for acoustic players)

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Күн бұрын

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@ColeTaylor-eo6pu Ай бұрын

You are honestly one of the greatest contet creaters for guitar out there. From my POV, you gave the same teaching abilties as creaters Like marty, lessons 365, music is a win, and of course active melody.

@MrNgcovelli Ай бұрын

totally agree on Marty and Active Melody with Brian. Want to check out the other two. Great comment!

@mrpotato4441 Ай бұрын

Those are good but there are better: “Let’s play All”

@CousinOlivier Ай бұрын

Don't wake up the Pete Townshend in you! 😆🎸🎵😎

@mrpotato4441 Ай бұрын

@@CousinOlivier messing with pre-teen boys? Pete’s wife asks why he and this boy are in the basement. “We’re practicing guitar”

@davidmurphy4844 Ай бұрын

This is priceless information for anyone not just acoustic players. I remember an interview with Keith Richard years ago when he said "silence is my palette" and agree absolutely that rhythm guitar is the important stuff. It's what makes people dance.

@TheHesseJames Ай бұрын

I would like to commend you on how you present your videos. Starting with the thumbnails which are immediately recognizable that it's you even though we don't see the face, the almost lush setting of the videos and your calm presentation. Very stylish without being stylish!

@lucascolehames507 Ай бұрын

You're becoming one of not just my favorite guitar teachers, but favorite youtubers period. You're getting really creative with your video ideas, which are not only very useful but just enjoyable to watch guitarist or no. All I can say is keep this up and I can only see bigger and better things for you. These are very thoughtful and creative lessons. Thanks so much for what you do, Eric!

@silvel2edge Ай бұрын

Yea i like listening to him. First watched through the Carr Bel-ray amp review

@jrpipik Ай бұрын

Excellent. My brother and I were just talking last night about this. He's a die-hard bluegrass player, but he revealed that he once bought a Strat -- shocking! He'd just gotten a bonus and had a little money to burn. His conclusion after struggling with the Start was that acoustic is about playing the instrument, but electric is about managing the gear (and playing the instrument). I think a lot of what you say here supports that.

@haakonlenzi Ай бұрын

As one of the first people to ask for this vid when your released that, “acoustic guitar for electric players” thank you greatly, Sir.

@Domn879 Ай бұрын

I love ‘fur’ as a tone adjective.

@migrantfamily Ай бұрын

“This transfers back to acoustic as well”, yes, the playing smaller parts thing definitely does. If you’re playing acoustic in any kind of band situation, you need to be aware of the people around you so you don’t use up all the oxygen for yourself.

@tomperri3693 Ай бұрын

This is an excellent video for even experienced guitar players. This dude is an excellent teacher.

@patrickbultmann1786 Ай бұрын

This is one of those videos, I’m probably going to watch a dozen times. A lot of knowledge in there 👍 thanks a lot

@russr1338 Ай бұрын

Outstanding lesson! I primarily play acoustic and tomorrow plan to play fills on an electric at a family jam session/party. These tips definitely are helpful. Thanks again!!!

@chadward 17 күн бұрын

I’ve had the joy and privilege of personal lessons from Eric on guitar and bass. He is a tone monster. Taste, subtlety, and tone are *everything*. Relax, lay back & cut it down to the essentials. Your bandmates will love you for it. I know when I ruthlessly cut my note bashing (I play really hard on bass🙄) to a minimum, the groove came to the forefront. We finally hit “the pocket”, the holy grail of groove. People started dancing, the house sold more beer, and we were asked back. Win all around.

@RickMolloy Ай бұрын

you're killing it with my favorites and the tone is right on for all the parts...

@Chris_ssey Ай бұрын

And another great video! Thanks, man! Been playing for 18 years now and just love your videos. It's like talking to a jam buddy while so many other KZbin-guitareros come along like really smart-a**es but actually they're just teaching BS. So keep going and I will keep coming back!

@solojoe9147 Ай бұрын

Spot on

@johnwyrosdick5817 Ай бұрын

You're quickly becoming my fav KZbin destination. Thanks for the deep yet very accessible insight.

@terrorbirds9835 Ай бұрын

Love this guy - always bringing really interesting videos touching on subjects you don’t see anywhere else. Rock on, Eric 🤘

@stevebeatty5218 Ай бұрын

Thanks Eric - so enjoy your lessons and this one is no exception. Love working on these smaller rhythmic bits. This lesson reminded me of just how cool these tunes were and continue to be. We all appreciate your time and enthusiasm and seeing your collection of unique guitars is an added bonus!

@f33fifofum Ай бұрын

Eric this is such a great idea for a video. I wish I had seen this a couple of decades ago when I made the transition from acoustic to electric!

@blues61 Ай бұрын

This is the advice I wish I had when first started playing electric guitar. You hit all the important skills and techniques. Nice! Along the lines of less is more, I've been realizing that small guitar parts often function the same way as horn lines in an R&B arrangement.

@EricHaugenGuitar Ай бұрын

Oh yeah one hundred percent!

@crimfan Ай бұрын

Yet another great video. I played a ton of acoustic and only played electric sporadically. Now I'm playing it a lot and the things you're talking about made a big difference. I have a slight difference of opinion on exercises. Even if I've played guitar for a long time, many things are new to me. In that sense I'm a beginner *to that thing* whatever it is. An exercise is useful to get it into my fingers. After that, I often start to make a lot more progress on the repertoire. For example, I've been working on improving my thumb in fingerstyle. Exercises that isolate my thumb have been really important to help me figure out what mistakes I was making.

@brucehelppie6119 Ай бұрын

you're a great teacher, eric. thanks for these tips. you sound outstanding on all those bowie riffs. way cool!

@roscoefoofoo Ай бұрын

Great stuff, as always, Eric! Thanks for it. My sons--newbie-ish acoustic players--are beginning to explore the electric now, too. They learned a lot from you here (when learning from their Old Man is so un-cool, of course). Gotta love those "It's *so* expressive that you gotta play it carefully and really think ahead" realizations.

@jrpipik Ай бұрын

This video kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnTXiKCsZ9hjqtk plays the isolated tracks for "Fame." According to this version, Carlos Alomar had been using the basic riff for Bowie's live version of "Footstompin'" which Bowie said was to good for a cover and wanted to use for an original. Other than that riff, the song was written entirely in the studio. Lennon was in the studio to play rhythm guitar on Bowie's version on "Across the Universe," and when they finished, they decided to work on what became "Fame." Lennon chopped at an F chord and cried out "Aim," which Bowie said he added an F to -- he credited Lennon for the energy of the session. Lennon said the intro/bridge is "a Stevie Wonder song played backwards." At some point Bowie and Lennon went to dinner and Alomar stayed behind to work on the overlapping electric guitar parts while he had the mojo working. By the time they got back, the electric guitar was done. Apparently all the electric parts were Alomar. I don't think Bowie actually played guitar on it at all.

@hottamanful Ай бұрын

Been awhile bro .. Great to see you back ..

@StefanGBucher Ай бұрын

Rhythm guitar is so much more interesting to me than lead, and it's so hard to convince my IRL teacher that I'm not lying to him about that. Thank you for all this gold!

@danielpenberthy3373 Ай бұрын

This is great Eric, I'd love to see a video that's the inverse of this

@EricHaugenGuitar Ай бұрын

Already done man! How to Sound Good on Acoustic (for electric guitarists) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKSyoXSnetJln7c

@danielpenberthy3373 Ай бұрын

@@EricHaugenGuitar oh whoops! Thanks Eric, love what you do!

@Andrew-cs1td Ай бұрын

Exactly right about palm/frethand mutes. Big advantage of electric over acoustic guitars is electrics have much more sustain. And with more natural sustain you have to learn to cut the notes whereas acoustics notes naturally fade quickly making power and repeated notes more necessary for the style.

@hugh3333 Ай бұрын

So cool that Eric made the apparently random choice to use Bowie riffs to illustrate this subject (although Bowie himself made the transition from acoustic to electric). I particularly liked the breakdown of the Fame parts. It never occurred to me that Bowie himself might have played the 'bending out of tune' fuzz part on that song. Great to hear a Weezer reference slip in too, while 'trying to stay Bowie'.

@banjosue100 Ай бұрын

I have the same peace sign and dove guitar strap as you in brown and white! -live my Souldier strap! Great lesson! I am in a bluegrass/old country/ lite rock band switching between banjo and electric guitar. I have dabbled with the electric guitar for years, but am new to playing it live .Dealing with the gear and sound is a learning experience in itself!

@scottkidwellmusic9175 Ай бұрын

Thank you, Eric. I regularly hop between acoustic, electric, and bass. It's good to have a reminder/ refresher every once in a while. Also, its kinda hard to go wrong with anything Bowie 🍕

@davidarcher6055 Ай бұрын

I bought an electric after playing acoustic and was disillusioned because i sounded terrible, so this video is right on the money! Cheers Eric. Good video.

@Zoso7227 Ай бұрын

Your videos inspired me to try true fire and get a membership. Your teaching style is fantastic and I’m truly glad I found your channel. Thank you!

@glenb.559 Ай бұрын

I’m a acoustic rhythm player and have been struggling with my electric guitar since I got it,this should help me out quite a bit. Thanks

@georgechristiansen6785 Ай бұрын

Like this one. Do more on this, please. Learning to transfer what I can do on an acoustic to electric has been a pretty steep learning curve. The gear being the steepest part.

@Jim_Thomas_Draper Ай бұрын

I've always assumed the fuzz part in Fame is John Lennon! I know he's on there somewhere (and co-wrote the song). Wikipedia says he's credited as playing acoustic guitar, but that lick reminds me a lot of his playing on Abbey Road's The End and some stuff on Plastic Ono Band. We'll probably never know for sure, but that's still my hunch

@jrpipik Ай бұрын

I was going to say this!

@johnrapone4891 Ай бұрын

Awesome video! Exactly the type of info i need. I really enjoyed the “acoustic guitar for electric players” too. Ive been trying to learn both acoustic and electric and its frustrating to try to use the same approach to both sometimes. Helps to understand the differences in the nature of the instrument. Id be happy to get more like those two! Thank you again, Eric!

@lexaunculpt Ай бұрын

Thanks! You are always the GOAT

@EricHaugenGuitar Ай бұрын

Awwww thanks so much!

@macstil585 Ай бұрын

I'm in for first time..wow !Great lesson!!!!

@Gor537 Ай бұрын

Double thumbs up Eric!!! Overdrive- the edge of the breakup. Great description. What you call “furry” I call “growl”. Hard to explain to the keyboard player lol. It seems so elusive sometimes. And demoing the deference between fuzz and overdrive was great. The light bulb really went on when you talked about WHY to learn riffs and grooves. That’s the way to sound like a rock n roll guitar player. I’m more of a rhythm player at the moment, so these lessons are gold. Spot on!

@pandautim3309 Ай бұрын

Every lesson you give playing that Starcaster makes me want one:)

@garyb.4187 Ай бұрын

Loved this lesson! Carlos Alomar is such an underappreciated player (as is Bowie IMO).I'm pretty sure most all the guitar on Fame is Carlos w/ Bowie on the heavier riff and John Lennon playing the acoustic.

@christiaanjenkins4385 Ай бұрын

Great teacher,great lesson! ‘Loved you putting the lesson in the context of Bowie songs. Thank you very much!!

@denisladouceur8789 Ай бұрын

I wish this came out a few months ago when I was moving to electric guitar. Still some fun stuff in here. As always, thanks!

@boomerdell Ай бұрын

A good healthy dose of Eric is exactly what I needed this evening. I always appreciate the excellent work Eric shares with us, and this week was a bit rougher for me than usual - just life stuff, it shall pass - and a little time listening to and learning from Eric is superb. Happy Friday to all. Eat pizza.

@EricHaugenGuitar Ай бұрын

Hang in there Boomer! 🤙🤙

@Tokestaf77 Ай бұрын

Little did we know that Eric is Eric clapton's brother. Kidding aside, great video as always. Great lessons, tips and advice in guitar playing Great guitar player and even greater guitar teacher and you might the most chill guitar player out there! Thanks Man! Keep it up! 💪👍

@johnrapone4891 Ай бұрын

@ianflurrance8438 Ай бұрын

Oh Eric this was super helpful! Time to learn some Bowie! Have more rep recommendations is amazing. Coming over from classical guitar I’m having the hardest time using a pick, so this helps makes sense of it. Would to see even more on right hand technique!

@rdv8833 Ай бұрын

Brilliant insight into a very complex instrument. Helps tons!

@rinosphere Ай бұрын

Props for the excellent backing tracks, as always.

@BigDBuilder Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed. Good practical for intermediate.

@garethsmart6480 Ай бұрын

Great video . Informative and concise. He respects the strings!

@CakewalkHootenanny Ай бұрын

This is awesome. Such good content and aptly demonstrated. Thanks so much.

@JasonClute Ай бұрын

“Fuzz is fuzz”! Great T shirt 😊

@maxturgeon89 Ай бұрын

Great content, amazing riff choices

@brianfrye1418 Ай бұрын

Thanks Eric. I felt like this lesson was just for me. Lol. Thanks for being a great teacher

@jonathan-smith Ай бұрын

Intro song was 🔥

@TheCSteve Ай бұрын

You got to say that you got to listen to the record and play along with bowie .. Some songs are really awesome easy and some of them are really hard because of wierd chord pregressions .. I am huge fan of Bowie .. They have here in strore the same squier as you have eric in red color .. Maybe i buy it because i like the looks .. First i try it tommorow

@wsurfn 29 күн бұрын

I Love this. You are so awesome.

@mrb2436 Ай бұрын

Absolutely outstanding info! Thank you!

@aminahmed2220 Ай бұрын

What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend Eric ❤😊

@yargyl Ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Great video.

@insulartomb Ай бұрын

alomar/murray/davis rhythm section undefeated

@dirktucker77 Ай бұрын

Super helpful thank you!

@soulie13 Ай бұрын

Learned on a cheap acoustic starting in 1991. Huge strings, high action, 18 yr old passion to Just Go For It and I feel personally attacked by this video(in the best way). On a more serious note, I'd hazard a guess that for players getting a little long in the tooth(I hit 50 in a month), these technique tips are going to make achy/less nimble parts less of a hinderance to work around. Lots of muscle memory to unlearn that's for sure.

@grimlyfiendish7474 Ай бұрын

Right there with you! I turn 50 next week.

@bluffhavenstudios Ай бұрын

Thank you Eric

@scotthart7620 Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@EricHaugenGuitar Ай бұрын

Thanks so much Scott!

@Aevoguitar Ай бұрын

Fame,great riff

@csrvzla Ай бұрын

Pure awesomeness!

@ash_00x Ай бұрын

Great vid as always!

@clarkster98 Ай бұрын

Interesting you have some high end guitars but started with the Squire,how do you find that starcaster ? Is it all standard? Curious cheers love your stuff bud thanks to my mate Derek who put me onto you 👍

@scottl5935 Ай бұрын

Of course you start with Bowie ❤️

@gryphon37 Ай бұрын

How do you like that Dusky amp? There aren't any satisfactory reviews on it 🫤 I'd love to hear your take....

@ewanchalmers9498 Ай бұрын

I know a weakness I have is strumming too hard, digging too hard. It's hard to control the energy when i get enthusiastic. But again and again i see my 'heros' saying play light. Discipline!

@PulpFreePress Ай бұрын

Great video!

@joeyoutlaw7854 Ай бұрын

Eric Haugen Haugs Again…The Haugening!

@michaelmillican5592 Ай бұрын

I love David Bowie!

@terrencemcmanus Ай бұрын

excellent knowledge sharing......!!

@nathanvonmollendorff373 Ай бұрын

Hey guys, any tips on how to improve picking accuracy? I find when I try to solo it can easily get sloppy. Maybe just a thing that gets better over time?

@DaleRobertSzyms Ай бұрын

I once had an invite to jam with a coworker after work and all he knew was note for note Steve Vai type lead guitar but he couldn’t play anything else like rhythm guitar or even a simple chord progression. Needless to say we haven’t jammed since.

@guess_im_User_584 Ай бұрын

Nice strap!

@douglaschristine8387 Ай бұрын

Hi Eric, I've never seen your amp before, something new? Is it possible to get edge of breakup on a Fender Mustang no tubes amp. It does have a Power volume. The only tube amp I have is a stage right 5 watt Monoprice, I live in an apartment.😊